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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;harrync, post: 2798427, member: 58588&quot;]Several years ago I received a package of BEP intaglio currency reprints that was still soaking wet. The post office said I had the option of collecting the insurance myself [only $25 - exactly what I had paid for the items], or having it sent back to the sender for him to file a claim and then have the seller reimburse me. The catch was that if I filed the claim and collected the insurance money, the package would be destroyed. It was a long time ago, but I remember I got the impression that if the sender filed the claim, they could keep the items and be reimbursed for the reduction in value. There was one item I sort of regretted sending to the shredder, but it wasn&#039;t all that rare, so I took the $25; made things much simpler for me and the seller. And I got the money instantly, no waiting for a claim to be processed. [I was dealing with the assistant postmaster at a fairly large post office, so he knew the rules; I have dealt with a lot of clerks that did not know the rules; there are just too many regs for every employee to keep up with them all. It is also possible that the ass&#039;t PM had authority to do things a clerk could not do][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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